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Climate Change 2018

The international Summer School Climate Change, jointly organized by the Center for Earth System Research and Sustainability (CEN) at Universität Hamburg, the Max Planck Institute for Meteorology (MPI-M), and the German Climate Computing Center (DKRZ) invites applications from students and prospective scientists who have a strong interest in climate, Earth system, and sustainability research. The curriculum consists of a broad range of lectures by expert scientists, as well as excursions and lab work. During hands-on sessions, participants will run complex Earth-system models using local computation facilities and focus on data analysis and interpretation. The Climate Change program will be complemented by sessions on German culture and history—topics will be discussed and taught on field trips and during excursions. A language course and extracurricular activities, such as a day trip to Berlin, are also included into the Summer School. Join us for knowledge, credits, and fun!

The core program consists of three major themes: 'climate dynamics and modelling', 'impacts, sustainable mitigration and adaptation' and 'climate change and dynamics of social systems', which will amount to 67% of your study time. Within these themes you will learn about theoretical concepts, analyze challenges and findings of Earth system research and discuss advanced research questions with renowned scientists. Excursions and field trips to top-notch research institutions and facilities will complement your experience.

Students will explore aspects of German culture and experience it first-hand during field trips in Hamburg and on guided day trips to Berlin and the Hanseatic City of Lübeck. Courses will let you delve into the history of our beautiful city and learn about cultural phenomena, such as harbor life and hanseatic trade. Studying in and near the old Jewish quarter, in which the main campus of Universität Hamburg is located, will provide you with intriguing additional perspectives on life in Hamburg.

During your first week of your four weeks program in Hamburg you will learn basic German to get an understanding of the language and the culture behind it. Your newly acquired language skills will make life in Hamburg even more convenient.

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Extracurricular Activities

In addition to the studies and the complementary program, the Summer School offers extracurricular activities such as city tours, visits to museums and other exciting opportunities to learn and experience culture and life in Hamburg.

UHH-Students

Students who are enrolled in a degree program at Universität Hamburg at the time of the summer school may also apply. The program for Universität Hamburg students is limited to core and to the complementary program as well as to extracurricular activities. The following services provided for international participants are not provided to students from Universität Hamburg: participation in the language course, accommodation, lunch vouchers, and the public transportation ticket. Further, flight costs to and from Hamburg, visa costs (if applicable), costs for meals and other personal expenses are not covered.

For Universität Hamburg students, tuition fees will be waived if they agree to support international participants and extracurricular activities within the Summer School as tutors. Tutoring includes support of 3–5 extracurricular activities, some of these activities may take place on weekends. Costs for the support of such activities, e.g., entrance fees and train tickets, will be covered.

Students from Universität Hamburg are subject to the same application procedure as international students. For applying to the Summer School, please follow instructions listed under the tab "Application."

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Excellence in Climate, Environment, Earth System Sciences and Sustainability

Since autumn 2011, CEN has pooled Hamburg's research expertise in climate, environment, and Earth-system sciences. Oceanographers, meteorologists, geophysicists, marine biologists, geologists, soil scientists, geographers, biogeochemists, economists, and social scientists from Universität Hamburg work together on questions of paramount importance. The work of CEN is also often a part of national and international cluster projects.

For more information on our climate and sustainability research at Universität Hamburg, click here.

Come to Hamburg

Studying in Hamburg

Attending the Summer School means studying at the biggest research and education institution in Northern Germany. Universität Hamburg hosts a total of 42,000 students in eight faculties and is situated only a few hundred meters away from the city center and the beautiful Alster Lake, an oasis in the middle of this bustling city.

The main campus is equipped with numerous libraries, three dining halls, numerous cafés and other leisure facilities inviting students to relax in between or after lectures. At the newly designed campus in Bahrenfeld, a short bus drive from the city center and your hotel, you will be able to visit some of the world's leading research institutions in physics and other fields of the natural sciences. No matter at which campus your study sessions will take place, you will get authentic insights into Campus life and get to know local students.